Ironing-board cabinet.



Ni. J. HRDEN,

IHONING BOARD CABINET. APPLICATIGN man 11111119, 1915.

Witnesses ambi@ l l 3,1 I 'Y Atto-rneys Cir Manton J. Hennen, or AKRON, onto.

mounts-Bonnin CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.- Patented Sept, lf2, 191i@ Application med July 19, 1916. serial No. '110,139.'

Be it known that l, MARION J. HARDEN a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county/ lof Summit and State `of Uhio have invented a new and useful ironing rd Cabinet, of which the following ,a specification.,- l

The obycct o the invention is to provide a simple and convenient cabinet for holding iroiiing boards and related paraphernalia structions offboards.

The cabinet 10, which may be secured to a wall or /other vertical support in any convenient niannd', is provided with a door 11 and preferabL .,Y a lower compartment or drawer 12, a rest or platforl'n 13 being interposedluftwcen said drawer space and the body portion of the interior of the cabinet. Secured transversely to this rest or platform is a deent bar or cleat 14, and projecting forwardly from the rear Wall of the cabinet a ledge 15 beneath which the rear end edge of the board 16 may be engaged, said board being provided with a cleat 17 to be engaged with the dctent oncle/at 1-'l to provide for holding the board against longitudinal displacement While in use. Obviously to arrange the board for use it is. only necessary to incline it ldownwardly toward its rear or inner end and after engagement witli the ledge- 15 it maybe der pressed at its outer end to cause engage- Inent of the cleats.

Obviously a plurality' iof different shapes of boards may be used in connection with the holding means, and when not ln'use these boards may be stored in the cabinet, the detent or cleat 14k serving when the boards are thus stored, as a means of preventing accidental displacement of the lower ends thereof, While a downwardly extending spacing strip 18 constituting a portion of thev front` Wall of the'cabinet may serve a similar function for the upper end of the board When arranged in the cabinet, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The drawer 12 may be utilized as a recep? tacle forth@J storage of'various articles including the iron, etci, ,and a socket 19 may be conveniently arranged on theA cabinet for the attachment of an electric iron.

Obviously the rest or platform 13 can be arranged at a convenient height so as to properly support the board when in operative position thereon.l

What is claimed is An ironing board cabinet having a board receiving compartment and a horizontal platform or rest, a transverse ledge arranged adjacent to and above the plane of said platform or rest, a board adapted for terminal engagement 'with said ledge, said board and platform orvrest having 'engagi ing transverse cleats, and the cabinet at its top having'a depending spacing striptermifrom the plane of the platform or rest.

Intestimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own, I have-hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of' two Witnesses.

Manton a. HARDEN.

l Witnesses: A

Mnrnn E. Rum'.

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